James McInnes - Campbeltown Picture House

Biography File: People of Campbeltown Picture House
Full Name	James McInnes
Maiden name / other names
Birth date	1849	Birth place: Holbeach, Lincolnshire
Death date	12^th March 1927	Death place: Sheffield
Father’s full name	Duncan McInnes (Born Scotland)
Mother’s full name (maiden name in brackets)	Margaret Ann McInnes (Latimer)
Spouse(s)	Emily McInnes (nee Fielding, born Salford, Lancashire 1857), married 1880 in Salford
Children	Margaret McInnes b 1881 Salford, Lancashire Mary McInnes b 1883 Salford, Lancashire Latimer McInnes b 1885 Pendleton, Lancashire
Places of residence	Holbeath, Lincolnshire Salford, Lancashire 15 Upper Albert Road, Neersbrook, Sheffield. 62 Clarkgrove Road Sheffield
Occupation history	Railway Porter Railway Travelling Inspector Railway District Mineral Agent
Relationship with Picture House / Rex Cinema	James McInnes, 15 Upper Albert Road, Neersbrook, Sheffield. Railway District Mineral Agent. 20 shares in the Picture House.
Life story in a paragraph (summary of above)	Born in Holbeach Lincolnshire, James later moved to Lancashire and worked with a railway company. At the time he was single and was a boarder. He seems to have started as a Railway Porter, then the records show his occupation change to Railway Travelling Inspector and again later to Railway District Mineral Agent. James married and had three children.
External source references (e.g. census, BMD, valuation rolls, probate index, wills, parish records etc.) include ref. numbers	England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915 England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 Census returns 1551 – 1911
CPH archive or object collection reference	Shareholders Ledger
Other notes	Many thanks to Ian, descendent of James’ uncle, for providing some further insight. “His father, uncles & aunts all came from Dalintober, Campbeltown, & were from a fishing & whaling family. One of his aunts, Mary McInnes, married a cousin, Donald McInnes. They emigrated to Washington State in 1859 & founded a thriving McInnes community in the Sequim & Port Angeles area. Two of James’ brothers, Donald & John also emigrated to the same area & his brother Duncan was a founder member of the Co-Op in Lincoln, but the only one with a personal connection to Campbeltown was his youngest brother, Latimer, who spent his later life in Low Askomil & was a well-known writer & naturalist. No direct connection with the railway, though he worked for the Argyle Steamship Co & later the Campbeltown Shipbuilding Co.” The reason why James McInnes, who didn’t live in the area, was a shareholder of the Picture House remains a mystery, however. Ian again… “As James’ father died in 1896 James’ shares obviously didn’t come from him, so possibly Latimer bought shares when it opened & passed some on to his brother – the only other sibling alive in 1913 was Donald M, living near Seattle.”